# Smokers, do you relight cigarettes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538 "2011-01-14T00:01:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/22 "2011-07-08T15:02:51Z")
Are all the responders aware that these are the new cigarettes that just keep going out? I don’t think the OP is talking about digging a butt out of the ashtray. It’s the one in your fingers that went out while you told that idiot how to get to the highway, or entered a post here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/23 "2011-07-10T11:40:34Z")
yep. I can’t afford to be that picky & besides, I LIKE that thicker, funkier taste (I’m really addicted) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/24 "2011-07-10T13:33:58Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Are all the responders aware that these are the new cigarettes that just keep going out? I don’t think the OP is talking about digging a butt out of the ashtray. It’s the one in your fingers that went out while you told that idiot how to get to the highway, or entered a post here on the SDMB. Oh great. Just reread the OP. It was the exact opposite of what I thought. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/25 "2011-07-10T13:45:20Z")
Hating that I still smoke, I often light one, smoke half, grow disgusted, convince myself I don’t need this anymore, and snuff it out. When I next want one, I’ll just relight that one, mostly out of convenience, it’s right there, after all! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/26 "2011-07-10T13:56:07Z")
Sometimes, yes, but unless we’re talking a cigarette you’ve lit up, took one puff from and had to squeeze because the bus was coming it’s always unsatisfying - for one thing, the first few puffs are horrible because you’re smoking the burnt, crushed and altogether nasty part ; and for another once you’re done you’re left wanting because it wasn’t a whole cigarette, your craving is not completely satisfied and your addiction demands moar. So you light a new one. And the end of \*that \*one is horrible because it’s too much nicotine in one sitting. Just toss it, man. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/27 "2011-07-10T16:07:52Z")
I smoked in my teens and early twenties which were mostly characterized by my being a broke ass loser, so yes you bet your ass i did. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/28 "2011-07-10T16:15:25Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I smoked in my teens and early twenties which were mostly characterized by my being a broke ass loser, so yes you bet your ass i did. I have quit smoking several times, often for years at a time. The last cigarette I smoked was long enough ago that I have forgotten just when I quit last. But when I was smoking and had run out of cigarettes and had the urge for one, I would fish through the butts and if there were a drag or two left on one, I’d light it up. I never stooped to smoking other people’s butts. There are just some things I wouldn’t do even when desperate. 😉 (I didn’t vote in the poll.) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/29 "2011-07-10T16:51:01Z")
> [@](#): > > you’re smoking the burnt, crushed and altogether nasty part I just snip that bit off, easy peasy. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538/30 "2011-07-10T18:36:05Z")
I voted hardly ever, only if I’ve had a couple of puffs, but that’s disregarding the one’s that extinguish themselves and get re-lit while I’m on the phone or computer or whatever. One guy I work with used to be a seriously heavy smoker, like a 3 packs a day type. He’s thisclose to quitting, but has remained stuck there for a few years now. He smokes about a half-pack a day now, lighting them for a few drags and stubbing them out to re-light later. So he’s nearly always got a half-smoked cigarette tucked behind his ear and absolutely reeks. Reeks like, he walks up behind you and you think someone’s actively smoking reeks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538.md?page=1)